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Thailand's nonwovens market has a bright future

by:Sunshine     2021-04-05
In order to better help Chinese nonwovens upstream and downstream enterprises understand the development status, investment prospects, economic and trade cooperation and future trends of Thailand's nonwovens industry, Zhang Chuanxiong, secretary general of China Industrial Textile Industry Association, led a delegation to visit the first Southeast Asia nonwovens and Disposable supplies exhibition (ANDTEX2019), visited relevant local production companies and universities on the spot, and conducted in-depth communication and exchanges with companies and universities. The research situation is summarized as follows.


1. Overview of Thailand's Nonwovens Industry


The Thai government formally proposed the 'Thailand 4.0' high value-added economic model in 2016, and strives to develop high value-added industries through innovation and technological means, promote the transformation and upgrading of Thailand's industry and the development of new economic models, and enhance the country's competitiveness. Thailand will make every effort to promote the 'Thailand 4.0' strategy in the next two decades, so that the country will get out of the 'middle income trap' and become a developed country. One of the carriers to achieve this strategic goal is the 'Eastern Economic Corridor' project, namely, in the three provinces of Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong on the eastern coast of Thailand, through vigorously building infrastructure and implementing a series of preferential investment policies to encourage high surcharges Value industry development, such as new automobiles, biotechnology, smart electronics, healthcare, robotics, digital industries, etc., and hope to build the 'Eastern Economic Corridor' into a high-tech industrial cluster area. The non-woven fabric industry, as an important supporting raw material for the high value-added industries encouraged by Thailand, will also usher in better development opportunities.


2. The future development focus of Thailand's nonwovens


The future development of Thailand's non-woven fabric industry mainly includes three key areas: automotive and medical non-woven fabrics supporting the automotive and medical industries that Thailand will support in the future, and non-woven fabrics that benefit from the growing infrastructure construction Geotechnical materials.


Non-woven fabrics for automobiles


At present, Thailand has become the automobile manufacturing center of Southeast Asia and the largest automobile market in ASEAN, and the automobile industry has developed into Thailand's largest pillar industry. The textile consumption of a car will increase from 20 kg in 2010 to 35 kg in 2020. With the development trend of lightweight cars and the rapid growth of new energy vehicles, there will be more applications and applications of non-woven fabrics. Expanding to the automotive field, natural fiber products such as banana and coconut fiber in Thailand will usher in new opportunities for application and expansion in the automotive field.


Non-woven fabrics for medical and health use


Thailand's stable macro-economy and the increase in consumer demand and consumption levels have continuously increased the rate of disposable hygiene products used by Thai women and babies. In addition, Thailand’s aging has become increasingly serious in recent years. In 2018, Thailand’s elderly population increased to 10.5 million, accounting for about 15% of the country’s total population. It is expected that the proportion will increase to 20% in 2020, which will continue to stimulate adult incontinence products. growth of. In view of Thailand's relatively low infant birth rate, it is expected that in the next ten years, Thailand's adult incontinence products will exceed baby diapers, leading the development of Thailand's future disposable hygiene products.


In the medical field, Thailand has an internationally advanced medical team and modern medical equipment, and has won a lot of international reputation. In addition to public hospitals, there are more than 400 private hospitals in Thailand. It is estimated that in 2019, Thai medical workers will consume 700,000 pieces of medical clothing and 6.9 million pieces of surgical protective clothing. In the future, this field still has great development prospects.
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